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MOONLIGHT BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD.

HEROIO CROSSING.

PROM EDMUND CANDLER, BAGHDAD.]

March 12th

enter

MAY 19TH.

1917.

WOMEN IN MUNITIONS TRADES.

*** Comparing the output of to-day with the output of the time when the Ministry was established in May, 1915, we get the

AN AVALANCHE OF SHELLS "I do not think I go beyond the asser tained facts in saying that but for the work that women have done in the muni

said The last fighting before Baghdad is tions shops of this country the Germans

would by now have won the war. likely to become histori on account of Mr. Kellaway, M.P., Parliamentary See the splendid guilantry of our troops in the crossing of the Diala River. After retary of the Ministry of Munitions the action at Lajj the Turkish rearguard when opening an exhibition of women's fell back on Diala, destroying the bridge work at the Royal Coonial Institute re-

cently. which crosses the stream at its junction

M Kellaway gave some, í with the Tigris. We pushed on in pur figures regarding the Ministry's work in suit on the left bank, sending cavalry

vary increasing the supply of munitions. Be and two columns of infantry to work fore the war he said, there were in Found on the right bank and in follow the United Kingdom only three national Baghdad from the west,

workshops producing munitions of war ing up was essential, and the column at To-day, there are more than one hundred,

another tacking Diala was faced with

and,

in addition, there are more than crossing in which the element of surprise was, eliminuted. The village lies on both 783 establishments controlled by the Ministry, and working continuously in banks of the stream, which is and producing equipment for the Army and wide The houses, trees, nullah, and

Navy walled gardens inn.de it impossible to build, a road and ramps quickly and to bring up, pontoons without betraying the point of embarkation. Hence the following results --

old bridge-head site was chosen. The attack on the night of the 7th was checked, but the quality of courage shown by our men f has never been surpassed in war. Imme diately the first pontoon was lowered over the ramp, the whole launching party was shot down in a few seconds. It was a bright moonlight, and the Turks had con- centrated their machine guns and rifles in the houses on the opposite bank, at

the The second pontoon had got into middle of the stream, when a terrifided fusillade was opened on it. The crew of five rowers and ten riflemen were killed, and the boat floated down the stream, A third got nearly across, but was bombed and sank All the crew were killed. But there was no holding hack. The orders still held to scoure the passage. Crew after crew pushed off to an obvious and certain death The fourth crossing party was exterminated in the same way, and the pontoons drifted out to the Tigris to float past our camp in the daylight with their freight of dend. The drafts who volunteers from went over were raised by other battalions in the brigade. These

The output of 18-pounder guns has in

creased 28 times,

A

4.5 field howitzers-62 times Medium guns and howitzers-71 times. Heavy howitzers, about 6in123 times.

ANOTHER COMPARISON,

SECRET ORDERS TO GERMANS,

RECORD OF PLOTTING FOR

THIRTY YEARS.

The following message has buen cubied to the New York Herald by its Löndun corre spondente

A wealthy American merchant long domiciled in England was many years ago a fellow passenger with the late Dr. von Holleben on his home journey after he had been dismissed from his post, as German Ainbassador at Washington. Dr. von Holleben bousted that, before finally quitting Washington, he had thoroughly organised the German choral societies, the veteran, gymnastic, and other social clubs throughout the United States in the Ger- manic interest

An elaborately compiled booklet, issued from the printing press of the semi-oficial Cologne Gazette, in the very year that the present. German Emperor came to the throne, has come into my possession, and throws an illuminating searchlight on this confession of Dr. von Holleben.

COMPLETE EVIDENCE,

It provides complete documentary evi- dence that ever since then, in the United States and other parts of the world, Ger- mans have been incited to set themselves apart

from and against those whose hos-

enjoying.

It was writ they were co pital the trored purpose of stimulating ten Pan-German propaganda on the part of outside the editors of German newspapers: To put the comparison in another Europe, and bears evidence of being of said Mr. Kellaway, a year's output a confidential nature Already here, the rate attained in 1914-15 is now pro- nearly thirty years ago, are to be found in the following period the identical contemptuous references to American culture and character recently days.

discovered in the correspondence of that attiche, von Heavy howitzer shells in seven days, notorious German Shells for medium guns and howitzers Papening with Africa, the one part of

in five days. Shells for guns-in less than one

das. For heavy

thirteen

In machine-gun production the pro- gress has heen cqually striking. If the number of machine guns delivered to the Army during the first year of the war be represented by 100 the figure at the and of February would be 2,710. With regard to high explosives, if we take the con- sumption of high explosives in May, 1015, is 100, the corresponding figure for Feb ruary was 7.000

that th

Beginning

the world where, strange to say, the writer found little room for optimistu, it proceeds to deal with Asia-British India. Dutch India the Spanish and French possessions all coming in for considera tion. In China and Japan the openly avowed aim is to oust what is termed

Anglo-Americanism, and replace it by and. German language, German charter, German culture, an

The writer hausts that the German had already not only became a dangerous com- and the sappers on the bank share the honor of the night with the attacking

Mr. Keelaway

this result was petitor, but had victoriously thrust tatalion Nothing stopped them, save due to a very grout extent to the women Anglo-American influence from numerous the loss of the pontoons. A Lancashire of the country. In July 1914," he said, positions in both these great countries. man remarked It is a bit hot here, but let's try higher up," but the gallant there were 21,000 women engaged in If anything could demonstrate the ab munitions trades. In January, 1917, the surdity of these pretensions it is to be fellows were reduced to their last bo number was 691,000, r. Kellaway found in the naive admission that at that Another regiment which was to cross added that so great had been the exten- date only 350 Germans were resident in higher up, were delayed, as the boats had sion of the war processes on which women Japan, while only 400 were domiciled in

vast Chinese Empire of 500 millions.

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to be carried nearly a mile across country were working that it might be said to here are stated to be very

to the stream. After the failure of the cover the whole engineering and chemical bridgehead passage the second crossing trades s was cancelled, but the men were still

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On the second night the attempt was IN THE FIRST YEARDE PEACE the South Australian Parliament at verleed so. I sent for a simple, I found it'

pursuca with equal gallantry. This time p the attack was preceded by a bombard

The Kolnische Volkszeitung" contains a under the heading, Why we must exnet

great possibilities for Germany's future. Attention is drawn to the fact that already in 1888, out of 300 members in Adelaide there were fifty two Germans.

be an The German editor is called on to

noble

ment Registering by artillery had been leading article by its financial expert, German the new-building of

the

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is in

in deal in course of creation: But

of America is included that the whole ing with the American continent for the

-riot. This graphically illustrated by inggination of the welled head runs the following verbal quotation from this extraordinarily illuminating docunient a fair sample of its whole contents and character

Every

German newspaper published may be considered as regular yearly ex- pensos, while £500,000,000 must be wild beyond the seas forms a nucleus of Ger- immediately. This is only possible by manism. It rises like a bronze rock out Yankee means of a loan, but, admittedly, the of the ocean of all over flooding possibilities of a loan after the war are dow, out of the swamp of Lustlanianism very thin for Germany and it is (a pointed reference to the Spanish and racial clements of Brazil. Portugiese therefore indispensable 100,000 many Argentina, Chili, and Parn). It forms a enemies shall pay this £500,000,000

Clermany will still require to find themilation of the German language, man- against the often deplored as remaining £400,000,000, which will be oners, and habits with the native element. It preserves the German from admiration tainable only if every German pays three times more taxation than before the war of British Imperial Federation (reference

impossible on the first day in the pou of the pursuit It was tho barrage tha secured us the footing-not the shells, but war indemnity which shows with the dust raised by them. This was 60 perfect clearness Germany's coming thick that you could not see your hand financial collapse.

front of your face. It formed out. The writer states that when the war ends tain behind which ten brate were able to Germany will have to find 200,000,000 cross. Afterwards, in clear moonlight, yearly to pay the interest on war loans, when the curtain of dust had lifted, the to buy raw material, and to pay war conditions of the night before were repensions. Of this amount £400,000,000 established. Succeeding crossing parties were exterminated, and pontoons drifted away, but a footing was secured. The dust served us well The crew of our boat which lost its way during the bar

re were untouched, but they did not b the bank in time: Dirvelly the air alsared

smachine-gun was opened on them, and the rowers were shot down, and the pontoon drifted back ashor. A ser geant called to volunteers to get the wounded out of the boat, and a party of bank Every man of them, as well as

twelve men went over the crew in addition, Germany has to pay the

Indian ideas of freedom with their of the pontoons, was killed. Bone sixty interest on her allies war loans and to Canada) let alone from Romanic men had got over, and these join preorganise the army and industry, bring bloody revolutionary paroxysins (reter- exico and the South American ence to Mexico and started hombing along the banking the sum needed to keep Germania,

republics) They

The German editor who takes his seat the committee of the German rifle on t corps, the bowling, gymnastic, and choral societies who also mingles with those who simply devote themselves to the noble enjoyment of German beer, who delivers the festive oration on the Emperor's birth- day Vand despatched the congratulatory fighting telegrain to his Majesty, deserves our un champion for Germany, whose influence bounded admiration; for he is n among his own countrymen, as well be underrated:

Turere soon heavily pressed by the Limited, going to about £1,000,000,000

on both flanks, and found them-yearly. The grand total, thus reaches selves between two woods. Here they dis£1,000,000,000, which Germany will have covered a providential natural position to pay in the Srst year after the war break in the river bund had been re- for having had the pleasure of declaring

war on the world paired by a new bund built in a half- moon on the sadward side. This formed The Folkszeitung expert asserts that no A perfect lunete. The Lancashire mon sensible man could expect Germany to surrounded on all sides but the river, hold pay that money, so that nothing is left it through the night, all the next day for Germany hat to force her enemies to and the next night against repeated

and determined attacks. Those attacks were pay it for her. He adds: How our enemies are going to get the money is delivered in the dark or at dawn. The their business, but it need not be paid Tarks only attacked once in the day izin cash. We need goods and landa more Among the native-born element must not

other

as our machine-guns on the

than money.

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swept the ground in front of the position.

The author concludes this section of his work with the earnest recommendation Twenty yards west of the unite there was a thin grove of mulberries and palihu The pontoon was most valterable on this that their lank was being turned, effect that the German Government should im and it was here that the Turkish ed a general retirement of the greater mediately subsidisc, every fermau news counter-astacks were most frequent. part hetween o paper appearing abroad. This in 1888 intense intermittent artillery fire day and ferries Some 250 in all, finding us bomb We know now, from many sources, that that night

On the wood afforded some preted ing down on both flanks, surrendered, this kind of thing was so strenuously en tion

The whole affair was visible to our The upper crossing was so unexpected couraged by the German Emperor troops on the south side, who were able that one Turk was actually bayonetted as German Ambassadors, Ministers, and the opposite bank with Consuls in foreign parts discovered that to make themselves beard by shouting he lay covering the

the cheapest and surest means of making Attempts to get a cable across with rocket for the passage of ammunition his rifle & SURPRISE CROSSING successful careers was to cultivate, and failed. At midnight on the pth and 10th By 9.30 on the morning of the 10th the encourage hostility (if not treachery) to the Turks were on top of the parapet, but whole brigade had crossed. Soon after the country of their domicile, in which were driven back. One more determined eleven the brigade was complete and theniany of them had become naturalised sab rush would have carried the lunette, but pursuit,

the

little garrison, now reduced to forty their The Turks continued]jects.

kept their heads and maintained cool

one

action, and in the after fighting in the palm

control of their fire. A corporal was seen Roon, bere gaida, and the Turks were searching for loose rounds and emptying cleared with the bayonet, after artillery body the bandoliers of the dead. In the end had combed the wood. The main

Mahomed position, they were reduced almost to their last holding the El

ore and a half mile further north-a clip and one bomb, but we when they were relieved at daylight. land from the Tigris. We attacked this crossing on the night of the 9th and 10th in front, while another column made was entirely successful. With our cavalry wide turning movement on the flank, and prking the enemy evacuated it at night. On the and two columns of infantry

the right bank the Turks

of the 12th we entered Baghdad. morning

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